U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tour of New Folsom Dam Construction

In Folsom, Calif., residents are watching Folsom Dam's new auxiliary spillway project transform from rock and dirt, into a massive, life-saving flood risk reduction project. It's one of the largest construction jobs in the nation and crews are working around the clock to complete this critical infrastructure project by fall of 2017. Join us for an inside tour of the construction.
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[@usgs]

Great video!

[@reclamation]

Thank you for this video, well done. With the ability to operate the new spillway, Reclamation is able to better manage large floods by safely releasing more water from Folsom Reservoir earlier in a storm through both the spillway gates on Folsom Dam and the new control structure’s radial gates (which sit 50 feet lower), reducing hydrologic risk and leaving more storage capacity in the reservoir.

[@SacramentoDistrict]

The Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway is one of the largest construction jobs in the nation and crews are working around the clock to complete it by fall of 2017. Take an inside look of how we're building it.

[@HabibKhan-gw7lx]

These buddies are always against of building dams in any other country, and are saying fish and bacteria are crying.

[@rocker4579]

How ironic they built this during a drought....